Church bells <br />rearrange the silence <br /> <br />scattering birds & sunshine <br />disturbing the distance. <br /> <br />A perfect day <br />in 1614. <br /> <br />Now today <br />in this <br /> <br />our here <br />& now <br /> <br />the bells ring out <br />(as they did then) <br /> <br />bicycles <br />& birds <br /> <br />all set in motion <br /> <br />as if synchronized <br />by their appeals <br /> <br />making me smile <br />as they chime <br /> <br />for my delectation <br />& delight <br /> <br />Lou Reed's <br />PERFECT DAY. <br /> <br />Cool...a hip Dutch church <br />joining in with the clang clang of the trams. <br /> <br />Time now <br />meaning nothing <br /> <br />& <br />everything. <br /> <br />I raise my glass <br />and toast the peals <br /> <br />the time <br />to be <br /> <br />I only <br />knowing that <br /> <br />I want to spend it <br />...with you.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-thought-i-was-someone-else/
